INATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 |
\104-10326-10070 _+ | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASS

CONF: CE/EXO INFO: CE/LGL, CE/R/TO, CE/ST, CE/STR, CE/STSWE,
CE/WUMB, CEDORECORD, DC/CE, LIMITED, MDSX, ODPD, RYBAT, FILE, CE/R, CE/W
(3/2)

DIRECTOR 795035

012139Z DIRECTOR 795035
PRIORITY MOSCOW INFO MINSK.

FROM: LIMITED DISSEM CE/EXO INFO CE/R, CE/R/IO, DC/CE, CE/LGL,
CE/WUMB : .

SLUGS: WNINTEL RYBAT

* SUBJECT: <ASSASS INATIONS>RECORDS REVIEW BOARD AND DEPT oF STATE
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN APPROACHING \ESB/SVBE) FOR OSWALD FILE

REF: NONE
TEXT:
1. ACTION REQUIRED: WOULD APPRECIATE GTATTOM THOUGHTS ON

*BELOW PROPOSAL TO APPROACH RSB/SV SEEKING ACCESS TO FILE ON<LEE>
*<HARVEY ( (OSWALD) ) .>

* 2. THE<ASSASSINATIONS>RECORDS REVIEW BOARD (ARRB),
ESTABLISHED BY PUBLIC LAW 102-526 IN OCTOBER 1992, HAS THE
PRESIDENTIAL MANDATE TO IDENTIFY, SECURE, AND MAKE AVAILABLE ALL

*RECORDS RELATED TO THE<ASSASS INATION>OF <PRESIDENT KENNEDY .> THE
IDENTIFIED (DECLASSIFIED) RECORDS WILL_BE HOUSED IN THE NATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION. (cd HAS HAD SOME DEALINGS
WITH THE ARRB, BEGINNING WITH THETR REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO THE
RESTRICTED (OSG@ip S “HISTORY FROM THE 1960'S. THE ARRB’S

AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE, EVEN

*DOCUMENTS ONLY MOST TANGENTIALLY RELATED TO THE<KENNEDY> ,

*<ASSASSINATION. >

3. PL 102-526 SPECIFICALLY STATES:

“THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHOULD CONTACT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF RUSSIA AND SEEK THE DISCLOSURE OF ALL RECORDS OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, INCLUDING THE RECORDS OF
THE KOMITET GOSUDARSTVANNOY BEZOPASNOSTI (KGB) AND THE GLAYNOYE
*RAZVEDYVATELNOYE UPRAVIENIYE (GRU), RELEVANT TO THE<ASSASSINATION>
*OF<PRESIDENT KENNEDY, >AND CONTACT ANY OTHER FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
*THAT MAY HOLD INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE<ASSASSINATIONSOP
*<PRESIDENT KENNEDY>AND SEEK DISCLOSURE OF SUCH INFORMATION. "

4. THE ARRB HAS REQUESTED STATE AND AGENCY HELP IN GETTING
ACCESS TO THE KGB RECORDS ON OSWALD. THE RECORDS, ORIGINALLY HELD
—SEoRES—


13-00000-

SECRET

WHENOT) 98-1333007 GEWSTND RYBAT ‘Yy PAGE: 2
*IN MINSK, WERE FLOWN TO MOSCOW IN ‘63 FOLLOWING THE<ASSASSINATION, »
THEN RETURNED TO MINSK WHERE THEY ARE STORED TODAY. WHEN
APPROACHED BY STATE AND THE ARRB, THE BELARUSIANS HAVE SHOWN
SAMPLES FROM TRE FILE BUT HAVE NOT AGREED TO ARRANGEMENTS TO copy.
THE ARRB CHARTER EXPIRES ON 30 SEPT 98 AND THE OLD KGB FILE(S) IS

A MAJOR OUTSTANDING REQUIREMENT. STATE HAS MANAGED TO GET THE
SUBJECT AS THE NUMBER ONE TALKING POINT ON VICE PRES GORE’S RECENT
CONFERENCE DISCUSSIONS. THE BELARUSIAN RESPONSE WAS TO TRY IT
AGAIN LOCALLY IN MINSK, OFFERING INCREASED "COPY FEES".

5. THE ARRB CHAIRMAN HAS COME BACK TO STATE TO ASK THEY
CONTACT _THE_ AGENCY -WETH-PHE—FOLLOWING_ REQUEST.:__J@. ANTTHENS TAUETON.
SHECK WITH~PHEAESB/SVRy TO DETERMINE WHETHER-THE RUSSIANS RETAINED
*A COPY OF THE<LEE HARVEY OSWALD’S>KGB FILE IN MOSCOW? CAN WE GET
ACCESS TO THE FILE AND, PRESUMABLY, OBTAIN A COPY FOR THE ARRB?
WE NOTE THAT THE ARRB WILL PROBABIY—PUSH_HARD_TO_DECLASSLEY¥—THB
RUSSIAN DOCUMENTS AS WELL. (OBVIOUSLY SUCH-A~ REQUEST—COULD” HAVE
7 SEVERAL IMPLICATIONS” WHICH-SWE MUST CAREFULLY CONSIDER, I.E.; THE
USSTANS MIGHT ASK FOR FILES OF THE ROSENBERGS OR OTHER NOTORIOUS
PERSONALITIES. THE HQS CONTEXT IS THAT WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH |

$RRB ON A VARIETY OF OTHER SERIOUS DECLASSIFICATION/DISCLOSURE
#SSUES AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE IN A BETTER NEGOTIATING POSITION IF
\GOULD BE SEEN AS ASSISTING THEIR EFFORTS TO GET THE OSWALD FILE.
6. OBVIOUSLY SUCH AN ACTION HAS TREMENDOUS IMPLICATIONS AND
WE WELCOME A FULL DIALOGUE FROM STATION-ON THIS MATTER,

REGARDS. = >

| 6. FILE: NONE. CL BY: 714549, CL REASON: 1.5(D)>
ON: XS, DRV FROM: LIA 3-82.

CABLETYPE: GECO STAFF 4.0.1.>

RELNO: DORELS0100952954

ORIG: CE/EXO(CHENGMD, 39263); AUTH: AC/CE/R (BANNERMAN); COORD:
C/CE/R/IO (ZERRUSEN), C/CE/WUMB (WARD); INFO: CE/LGL (WATSON) ;
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